National Gallery of Art: Acquisition - Anne Vallayer-Coster
November 19, 2023
November 19, 2023
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release:
The National Gallery of Art has acquired an important painting by Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818), Still Life with Flowers in an Alabaster Vase and Fruit (1783). One of the greatest still life painters of 18th-century France, Vallayer-Coster achieved remarkable success in the male-dominated art world of her time. She not only attracted the patronage of some of the most powerful collectors of the t . . .
The National Gallery of Art has acquired an important painting by Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818), Still Life with Flowers in an Alabaster Vase and Fruit (1783). One of the greatest still life painters of 18th-century France, Vallayer-Coster achieved remarkable success in the male-dominated art world of her time. She not only attracted the patronage of some of the most powerful collectors of the t . . .